Twelfth EDCTP Forum

15–20 Jun 2025 | Kigali, Rwanda

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Monday, 16 June 2025 | 14:00 - 15:30

1.3 Scientific symposia: Bridging the gap: scaling up local bacteriology diagnostics manufacturing in Africa

Location:MH1Track:Scientific symposia

Chairs: Faridath Massou and Liselotte Hardy

The gap in bacteriology testing capacity in sub-Saharan Africa exposed: results from the MAAP study

Pascale Ondoa, Global Fund, Switzerland

Enhancing local manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa: reducing dependence on imports for healthcare resilience

Abebe Genetu, Africa CDC, Ethiopia

Laboratory-on-a-ship, an EDCTP2-financed pilot study on local production of culture media in Benin

Dissou Affolabi, Laboratoire Référence Mycobacteriologie, Benin